Wednesday 29 June 2011

BALLOON PRINTING

It is yet another simple and funniest painting technique for kids .

MATERIALS REQUIRED :

Balloons
Colours
Paper / Cardboard / Cloth

STEPS TO BE FOLLOWED :



1) Blow balloons and tie with a thread .

2) Dip it in colours .

3) Block it 2 times in bottom / top portion of the paper one in each corner.

4) Fold the paper in the centre/fold it 2 halves . Press it gently and open the paper .

5) Wow,what a lovely one !!! Cute painting , isn't it?


Linking it with Show and Tell #61 , Made by little hands , monday , For kids friday #16 and Play Academy .


Monday 27 June 2011

FOLKSY FACES FROM MY DAUGHTER

Some folksy faces from my daughter .I helped her to draw eyes and nose.



Traced out my daughter's hand and then drew the face.








Linking it with Shruti's Folk Art .




Friday 24 June 2011

TAMILNADU FOLKS - WARLI PAINTING

Warli Painting showing Tamilnadu folks : 1) Kavadi attam 2) Karakattam 3) Jallikattu (Bull fight) 4) Silambattam and 5) Cock fight .

Linking it with Shruti's Folk Art .

Wednesday 22 June 2011

EGG SHELL ART - TRIBAL FACE




MATERIALS REQUIRED :

Egg shell - 1
Colours

STEPS TO BE FOLLOWED :

1 )Clean the shell and allow it to dry .
2) Colour and dry it.
3) Draw face with pencil.


4) Mark it with marker and again colour it.



Linking it with Shruti's Folk Art .




Monday 20 June 2011

PUPPETS - MAYILATTAM / POI KAL KUTHIRAI(MADHUBANI STYLE)




Mayilattam (Peacock dance ) and Poikal kuthirai(False leg horse dance ) are very famous folk dances in TamilNadu . These are now a days performed in village festivals or in government functions representing TamilNadu . Linking this to Shruti's Folk Art Challenge .



MATERIALS REQUIRED :

OHP Sheets
Glass painting colours
Pencil
Erasers
Popsicles
Glue
Thread
OHP Markers

STEPS TO BE FOLLOWED :

1) Pencil Sketch the figures in plain paper .



2) Trace the figures to OHP using markers .
3) Colour it using glass painting colours and allow it to dry.



4) Glue the OHP sheet to a plain paper . Cut out the pictures .
5) Glue popsicles to the painitng one in the top and other in the bottom
6) Tie a thick thread to both the top sticks of both the paintings.
7) Hold the middle of the thread to show puppets dancing to your kids.











Friday 17 June 2011

COMB PAINTING



STEPS TO BE FOLLOWED :

1) Mix colours of your choice .
2) Dip a old comb in it .
3) Hold the comb over a plain paper . Block and brush it . Colourful banner is ready .



Linking it with Artsy Craftsy - April 

PPT - CHARLES DICKENS